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Page 1 of 51 REPORT NO. 207026 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT REPORT FOR 160-162 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PRAHRAN, VICTORIA EPA CARMS NO: 61732-1 ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES VIC REPORT TO ASIAN PACIFIC BUILDING CORPORATION PTY LTD DATE 7 NOVEMBER 2008 Page 2 of 51 AUDIT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This environmental audit report has been prepared in response to a request to issue a Certificate of Environmental Audit (CoEA) for 160-162 Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria, 3181. The site is covered by Lot 1 on TP555135 Volume 01862 Folio 303, in accordance with Part IXD of the Environment Protection Act (1970). A summary of the environmental audit is presented below. TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF AUDIT INFORMATION EPA file reference No 61732-1 Auditor: Philip Mulvey Auditor term of appointment: 10 April 2007 to 10 April 2011 Name of person requesting audit: David Rogalsky Relationship to premises/location Construction Manager of Asian Pacific Building Corporation (Owner) Date of request 14 February 2007 Date EPA notified of audit 20 February 2007 Completion date of audit 7 November 2008 Reason for audit Planning Permit requirement Current land use zoning B1Z – Business 1 Zone EPA region Yarra Municipality Stonnington Dominant – Lot on plan Lot 1 on TP555135 Additional – Lot on plan(s) - Site/premises name o Street/Lot – Lower No. 160 o Street/Lot – Upper No. 162 o Street Name Commercial o Street type Road o Street suffix (North, South etc) - o Suburb Prahran o Postcode 3181 GIS coordinate of site centroid Longitude/Northing (GDA94) 37.5048 Latitude/Easting (GDA94) 144.5930 Site area (hectares) 0.1244 Members and categories of support Mark Stuckey (Soil Science, Hydrogeology, Contaminant transport, team utilised Assessment of exposure pathways and risk) Outcome of audit Statement Further work or requirements Groundwater Quality Management Plan (GQMP) Nature and extent of continuing risk None known 61732-1_a Page 3 of 51 TABLE 2 PHYSICAL SITE INFORMATION No aquifer present in upper 12 metres, but groundwater located within the Site Aquifer Formation Red Bluff Sands of the Brighton Group Average depth to groundwater 6.5m Groundwater segment B Groundwater flow direction North Past use/site history Service station and/or mechanics garage from 1960 to approximately 2007 South: Grattan Gardens parkland, Senior citizens centre; East: Café’s, Surrounding land use retail, commercial; North: Café’s, retail, Prahran Market: Retail, commercial showrooms High density residential and commercial use consisting of a Smart Hotel Proposed future use with single level underground car park, ground floor retail and bar and six floors of residential living apartments. This summary must be read in conjunction with the full audit report and the Statement of Environmental Audit (SoEA) that has been issued for the site. The Audit report provides more data and discussions that are not in the above summary table for reasons of space and clarity. All owners of the site, all occupiers and those made responsible for the management of the site including any future sub divisions should be provided with a copy of this SoEA which includes a Clean Up to the Extent Practicable. The SoEA is issued based on the site conditions at the time of issue. The Auditor cannot control future activities that may result in contamination of the site. There are a number of abbreviations and acronyms throughout the report. Refer to Section 12 of the audit report for a list of these abbreviations and acronyms. Distribution List Copy No Distributed to 1 Asian Pacific Building Corporation Pty Ltd 2 Environment Protection Authority – Principal Auditor 3 City of Stonnington – CEO 4 Environmental Auditor – Phil Mulvey 5 Environmental Earth Sciences VIC (library) 6 Environmental Earth Sciences file (207026) Revision List Revision No Description of Revision Issued Date 0 Final issue 7 November 2008 61732-1_a Page 4 of 51 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1970 STATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT I, Philip Mulvey of Environmental Earth Sciences VIC, a person appointed by the Environment Protection Authority (‘the Authority’) under the Environment Protection Act 1970 (‘the Act’) as an environmental auditor for the purposes of the Act, having: 1. been requested by David Rogalsky of Asian Pacific Building Corporation to issue a certificate of environmental audit in relation to the site located at 160-162 Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181 covered by Volume 01862 Folio 303, Lot 1 on TP555135 (‘the site”) owned by Asian Pacific Building Corporation Pty Ltd. 2. had regard to, among other things, (i) guidelines issued by the Authority for the purposes of Part IXD of the Act, (ii) the beneficial uses that may be made of the site, and (iii) relevant State environment protection policies/industrial waste management policies, namely State Environment Protection Policy (June 2002) – Prevention and Management of Contamination of Land and State Environment Protection Policy (1997) – Groundwaters of Victoria, in making a total assessment of the nature and extent of any harm or detriment caused to, or the risk of any possible harm or detriment which may be caused to, any beneficial use made of the site by any industrial processes or activity, waste or substance (including any chemical substance), and 3. completed an environmental audit report in accordance with section 53X of the Act, a copy of which has been sent to the Authority and the relevant planning and responsible authority. HEREBY STATE that I am of the opinion that: The site is suitable for the beneficial uses associated with high density residential development and commercial land-use, subject to the following conditions attached thereto: On-going groundwater monitoring (at least six-monthly for three years) is required and should be formalised through provision of a Groundwater Quality Management Plan (GQMP) within 30 days of the date of this statement. Asian Pacific Building Corporation will be responsible for its implementation.